eTools Private Search
Core features:
• search the web extensively without leaving traces;
• clear and easy-to-use search interface;
• keep track of recent searches;
• check the current status of a web page anonymousely;
• extensive search configuration, for example by country, by language, etc.What we understand by security and privacy:
• complete anonymity: no user tracking and no collection or sharing of user data whatsoever;
• search and status requests use HTTPS (SSL/TLS) with certificate pinning and PFS (perfect forward secrecy);
• app certificate validation, integrity tests, no public data (e.g. on SD-card), encryption of all private data, screenshot optionally allowed, optional root access check and much more;
• does not use a web browser component: besides the advantage of reduced data usage and a native Android user interface, possible privacy and/or security attack vectors are minimized, e.g. no problem with CVE-2014-6041 or CVE-2015-0204 (Freak Attack);
• reduced possibility of censorship by using multiple search sources (metasearch, federated search);
• both the Swiss development company Comcepta AG and its eTools.ch web server are located in Switzerland, which employs one of the strongest privacy protection laws worldwide.
For maximum privacy, e.g. when accessing found web pages with a web browser, we recommend to use in addition a sophisticated Tor solution, such as Orbot and Orweb.
This app is based on our metasearch engine eTools.ch (https://www.etools.ch) that is powered by our federated search solution EnterpriseMetasearch® (http://www.enterprise-metasearch.com).
Tags: eTools, eTools.ch, search, search engine, find, finding, privacy, secrecy, security, anonym, anonymous, anonymousely, metasearch, federated search, Tor, Switzerland, Swiss.
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Reviews (27)
Size is extremely small and takes up very little room on your phone Android but it's great for finding whatever you need on the internet it's great app. It's especially important because the fact that it's we can no longer utilize the SD card for certain apps as we could in the past because of the current operating systems making it more difficult to utilize the space on the SD card. A great meta search tool that keeps your results private you can record your search topics but results disappear
The search is great if you can get it to work on your phone. My IP address was banned by the spamforum service they use for some reason unknown reason. I got the web version of search to work with a free VPN, but now after a day, four different VPN IPs were banned also, so I can't access the service through the website or the app. It's definitely worth trying. Good luck.
This appears to be the best search engine of all. There are no ads and the search results are superior to all the others. I get the feeling like I'm on a " special access" search engine. lol... I trust what the makers say about privacy is true. Thank you very much for a realy cool search engine!
I'm nothing bad disabled this app. You really want to know any gradient dirty on somebody or something All I had to do was go to this app and searches the raw part of it not the Google part all of it. You do have to be somewhat specified in what you're searching for though. Cuz it will search for everything that has the letters in it like whatever word will search everything that says "whatever" on it In all of internet land
This is the best search engine on google playstore and I would guess that it may be the best search engine in the entire market. Do a search on google followed by the same search on this app and this app will not only provide the main results on google, but it will also provide sites that I did nit even know existed on the internet and these sites often have the best information. Do not be fooled by this search engine's plain homepage because it is a tackdriver of a great search engine. Great.
DOES NOT WORK FOR SEARCHES WITHIN UNITED STATES! Unfortunately, it took me a few attempts at running searches via this app to discover the discouraging fact that this is NOT INTENDED FOR SEARCHES OUTSIDE OF EUROPE.
I really, really like this app. Besides being private, it is much faster than Google. There aren't a bunch of ads in the results. Results seem to come from a good variety of sources. 5 stars from me.
The absolute best in terms of finding information that most search engines cant. I use this with great regularity and have been very pleased by the effectiveness of the application. 👍🏻
Surprised for sure eToolsPrivate search has quickly become one of my favorites. Good job to the developers!
Haven't had any issues with this app at all. Works great & is trouble free. Job well done guys!
Fast ,reliable ,and easy to use combines multiple search engines
Makes me choose what browser I want to use, and this is not a choice. If I wanted to use another browser, I would just use that.
Just downloaded this app, but reading the description is impressive, more so then any other app ! I am looking forward to using it.
It's a good app in theory, however it doesn't load up the search results in a private browser ... I don't think?
Can set main country to search in to other countries but not USA.
Havent had it long...and i use 5 or 6 differernt browsers at times...?...but, what i see....i likes it🙃🙂..thx.!
AWSOME !!!!! THIS APP GIVES INFO & SHOWS ME HOW TO GET INFO I WOULDNT BE ABLE TO FIND WITHOUT IT. THANK U !!!!!
Incredibly accurate and fast.
This is a great app for fast and comprehensive web search results!
great app! a lot of info for looking up personal stuff helps alot. I enjoy useing it. thanks so much :-)
Says i cant access etools when i type in a search. I/O error
Very nice search tool. Highly recommend it.
The best decision I've made in a long time. 2 thumbs up for this app
Excellent search tool
Using this app since it's introduction. Still going strong. 💪 🙂
Can't baleive I've finally got info I needed to make a getaway
Love the app, and I use it quite often in addition to Whoogle and SearX but the only thing keeping me from giving it a perfect rating is the lack of the ability to filter results, i.e., by date, by image, video, etc. I'm not sure if this is wishful thinking and for some reason impossible while maintaining the meta search engine's purpose; anonymity. If so, just say the word and I'll redact my comment. Cheers on a great app all the same, Dev(s)!